But they do need to be careful not to wound themselves with chainsaws or other pruning tools.

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But part of the process of being systematic is not assuming that I'm going to get a lucky guess. But not even thinking really hard at this point. But just pruning the search space.

但是系统化的过程是不允许,假设我做出了,一个幸运的猜测的,而是逐步缩小搜索空间。

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But Doug Welsh,a professor at Texas A&M University, says not to go too far with pruning.

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But uncontrolled growth without continual pruning and streamlining is a potential recipe for disaster.

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Most Republicans talk about pruning government in the abstract, but shrink from offering details that might offend one lobby or another.

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But she says the company now should be able to growing more in line with the markets, after pruning low-margin PCs and shifting focus to corporate PC upgrades and adding Wyse, while also acquiring companies in storage, networking, software and services.

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